She was an absolute genius as a comedic actress, with an extraordinary sense for comedic dialogue. It was a God-given gift.
BILLY WILDERYou have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.
More Billy Wilder Quotes
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I never overestimate the audience, nor do I underestimate them. I just have a very rational idea as to who we’re dealing with, and that we’re not making a picture for Harvard Law School.
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If you don’t like what you’re doing, it’s unlikely anyone else will either, so be sure you are happy with your own work first.
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[on pop idol Donny Osmond] He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.
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You’re as good as the best thing you’ve ever done.
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The best director is the one you don’t see.
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I had one life. And what did I do? Wasted it in some palooka preliminaries in Spain, just before Hitler and Chamberlain warm up for the main event.
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If there’s anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it’s being taken too seriously.
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We’re making a picture for middle-class people, the people that you see on the subway, or the people that you see in a restaurant. Just normal people.
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We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.
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Money makes even bastards legitimate.
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Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.
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I hate that word. It’s return–a return to the millions of people who’ve never forgiven me for deserting the screen.
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Jerry: Oh, you don’t understand, Osgood! Ehhhh… I’m a man. Osgood: Well, nobody’s perfect.
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Well, nobody’s perfect.
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If something smells bad, why put your nose in it?
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